apply-subs 0.2.0

A command line tool to apply substitutions to a text file

apply-subs

Apply a dictionnary (json) of substitutions to a text file.

Installing

$ pip install apply-subs

Examples

minimal

$ echo "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit" > mytext.txt
$ echo '{"Hello": "Lorem ipsum", "goodbye": "adipiscing elit"}' > mysubs.json
$ apply-subs mytext.txt mysubs.json

will print the patched content

Hello dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore goodbye.

patch mode

In patch mode (-p/--patch), print a patch diff instead of the end result

--- mytext.txt
+++ mytext.txt (patched)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit
+Hello dolor sit amet, consectetur goodbye

Use -cp/--cpatch/--colored-patch for a colored output (when supported).

inplace substitutions

-i/--inplace

apply-subs --inplace mytext.txt mysubs.json

is equivalent to

apply-subs mytext.txt mysubs.json > mytext.txt